Disclaimer: All characters, names, etc. of Teen Titans are the intellectual property of its respective owners. I do not own the Teen Titans or anything within it.

This is a story that includes characters from an Alternate Universe, Alternate Titans.

To make the story easier to follow, I will use the following names for the Alternate Titans:

Robin name will be Richard. Starfire will be Kori. Cyborg will be Victor.

Raven will be Rachel and Phoenix. Beastboy will Garfield and Beast.

Jinx will be Jinxie. Terra will be Tara.

Even though I'll be calling the characters Richard, Kori, Victor, etc, they still will be calling each other Robin, Starfire, Cyborg, etc.

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Alternate Universe

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There was a circular room with a wall of marble that surrounded it. Its domed ceiling was covered in silver. Upon the silver, strange symbols and writings in black ink covered it. In the center of the room sat a throne. The throne was of blocky construction, made of some kind of reddish stone.

A giant blood red pentagram covered the floor around the throne. Some of the open spaces between the pentagram's lines had more bloody red symbols laid down. In one of the blank areas, a man was adding more symbols. The ink he used was blood that he painted on the floor with a small paintbrush.

The man was gaunt in the face, thin in the frame. The gray eyes look out from his pale face, which match his hair. His age could be late 50s or earlier 60s. The robe he wore was dark blue.

In the wall in front of throne, there was an open double door. Four figures walked through it.

Phoenix was leading the group. Her appearance was of that of Raven, except four red eyes look out from her hood and the cloak's color was red.

Next to her was the Beast. His form was that of a 300-pound green wolf. His eyes scanned the room and he growled when he spotted the painter.

Behind them were two Phoenix-bots. Not a sound could be heard from them.

The painter stopped painting, stood up and bowed.

"Advisor!" raged Phoenix. "Find out where the Titans went to!"

The old painter asked in a very even voice, "My Lady. Didn't you just send them away?"

"They didn't go the hell I wanted them to go to!"

"From my view of the battle, My Lady, something grabbed them. There was a demonic power behind that claw, wasn't there?"

Phoenix howled out, "It hit ME! I want whatever it is brought before me now!"

"My Lady, whatever it is, it's probably torturing the Titans at this time. Let it enjoy this little activity before we drag it back for your justice. Besides, with the Titans gone, we can now concentrate on the King."

Phoenix walked towards the throne. She snapped, "Enough! We'll go after the Titans!"

"Yes, My Lady. Where did they go?"

Phoenix sat down in the throne and some of her rage vanished. "Go and look for them yourself, Advisor."

The Advisor poured some "ink" onto a small portion of the pentagram. The pentagram and most of its symbols glowed brightly red. Phoenix sighed in relief.

The Advisor evenly said, "My Lady, I could go and search for these probably dead Titans. It will take me away from my work… away from increasing your powers... dulling your pain… protecting you from your father…"

"Enough," said a bored Phoenix. "You have made your point."

"Forget about the Titans," the Advisor said in a slightly soothing voice. "We must worry about the more rebellious members of Jump City.

Phoenix's eyes dulled slightly. "Forget… Titans…"

Phoenix's eyes snapped open and her voice shook in anger. "Ungrateful rebellious maggots! Don't those worms realize that I'm protecting their sorry lives from total annihilation by my father? Idiots! I'll go and kill a some more of them just to remind them who is protecting them!"

"Not too many, My Lady. We still require their labors."

"I know. I know," Phoenix leaned forward in the throne, started to stand up. She stopped with a frown. "Advisor, what were we first talking about?"

"You had just informed me of you victory over the Titans. You had sent them to another dimension to be tortured. I had suggested that we retrieve the Titans, but you disagreed. You said it was more important to control the city than to chase after the ghosts of dead Titans, My Lady."

"Yes… I remember now. It's time to disciple the city."

Phoenix walked out of the room, followed by the two Phoenix-bots. The Beast looked at the Advisor, growled, then left.

The Advisor closed the double doors. He walked around the throne and stood behind it.

With his right thin hand, he pulled on his left. Like a glove, his left hand slipped off. It dropped to the floor. As impossible as it seemed, what was inside the "hand glove" was a larger, more muscular human hand than the glove should had been able to hold.

The Advisor pulled out a large folding knife from his robe. With a flick of his wrist, it opened. He cut deeply into the palm of his left hand. The blood rained down onto the stone throne. He laid his bloody palm upon the throne. Reddish sparks jumped from the chair into his hand. The Advisor's convulsed and shook for several seconds.

The Advisor let out a breath and checked his hand. The cut was gone and there was no blood left on the throne.

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Titan's Universe: Deep within Raven's mind.

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Raven was laying down in a meadow of wilted flowers. The sun was dull and blurry; butterflies did not fly and the clouds were ominously dark. Dried tears streaked Raven's face. Her eyes were opened, yet not seeing.

The pink cloak replica of Raven, named Happy, floated up from the ground. "Hey, self", she said cheerfully, "Let's invite Beast Boy and Cyborg back in here, again. It will be -"

"Shut up", whispered Raven. "I don't want to be happy right now."

Happy's cheerfulness collapsed. Looking downward, she sank into the ground. The flowers became a little more wilted.

The red one appeared in a puff of fire. She said, "Your so-called friends, Robin and Starfire, were trying to kill you, Raven. And was that traitorous Terra there, too? You should punish all who betrayed you trust!"

"No, Rage. I can't be mad at them… They were my friends… except for Terra."

Rage vanished in a puff of stinking red smoke

The yellow one with glasses, named Wisdom, faded into existence. "Raven, there has to be a reason why you were attacked. Let's think about it."

"No, I don't want to think about anything…"

Wisdom bowed. As she started to fade out of existence, she asked, "As I go, I will ask one last question: If they were trying to kill you, why are you still alive? If you were dead, you wouldn't be back here in your mind."

Raven blinked; eyes focused on one of the flowers.

A voice behind Raven said, "Let's us all stay here. There is too much pain in the outside world. There are flowers around here. No worries, nothing to fear."

Raven rolled over to face the brown-cloaked replica. "Maybe… Maybe your right, Fear."

The ground splits and up came the green cloaked one, named Courage. "That is a bunch of cowardly whining! Of coarse, Raven is going back to the outside world!"

"No," whined Fear, "It's killing Raven. It's killing us."

Courage and Fear started arguing: each with her own methods of verbal combat, each with her own means to frustrate the other.

A hand touched Raven's shoulder, and then quickly withdrew. Raven looked to see the gray-cloaked Timid couched next to her. Timid said, "Maybe we should leave. They will be arguing for the next century if given the chance."

Happy briefly appeared, giggled, and vanished.

Orange cloaked Laziness fell from the sky. She hit the ground, stretched and with a yawn said, "And they are boring."

Raven yelled, "Enough! You will stop all this idiotic nonsense!"

Starfire's voice echoed from the sky, "Raven? Friend Raven? Did you just try to say something?"

All the replicas quieted down.

Raven looked upwards. "Starfire?"

"Oh, your lips moved! Oh Joyous! You are trying to talk!"

Happy popped out of the ground spinning with a blissful smile. Happy exclaimed, "We are being hugged."

Timid cried, "We don't deserve to be hugged."

Rage appeared and looked ill.

Fear panicked. "Don't let Starfire go away. What if she betrays me again? Make her stay! Make her leave!"

Laziness said, "This is no longer boring." And she vanished.

Raven shouted upwards, "Why did you hurt me? Why did Robin hurt me?"

Raven and Timid started to cry.

Starfire voice bloomed in, "What did you said, Raven? I heard the words 'why' and 'Robin' and hurt."

Raven and Rage screamed, "Why did you hurt me?"

"Oh. I didn't hurt you, Friend Raven. It was the enemies who showed up through a gate. Yes, gate is the word that one of the enemies explained to Friend Cyborg."

Raven puzzled said "Gate?"

The yellow cloaked one, Wisdom, appeared. "Yes, Raven. A dimensional gate that you pulled your attackers through."

Raven shouted upwards, "What happened to the other?"

Happy had her arms wrapped around herself with a dreamy smile on her face. She said, "I'm still being hugged."

"Friend Raven, your lips moved but I couldn't hear you words. I will tell you what I know. You are badly hurt and you have not done your trance of healing, yet. I cried when I saw your wounds. Robin and the others are imprisoning the enemies in separate guest rooms. I am so angry. They should be in the cells of imprisonment. They are wounded, too. Their names are Enemy Robin, Enemy Terra, Enemy Jinx and very nasty, wicked, not nice, mean Enemy Starfire. Did I tell you that their Starfire was unpleasant, too?"

Fear, Timid and Rage vanished.

A purple replica, named Kindness, appeared. Kindness asked, "Are they hurt?"

"Oh, Raven. I heard those words very clearly!"

"We got another Hug," said Happy.

Starfire continued, "They will live and not suffer any permanent damage from the fight. Raven, my friend, I… we thought we lost you. All of your friends loved you very much. Everyone is not cheerful with you not being here. It hurts the others… and me. Please start your trance of healing and come back to your family."

Timid appeared. "The hug is starting to hurt!"

Happy announced, "I don't mind."

Raven shouted, "You're hugging me!"

"What did you say, Friend Raven? Hug you? No. Not now, because I may hurt you by accident. But rest assured, Friend Raven. Soon, I will be giving many, many more hugs."

Raven grumbled, "Oh, great."

Raven sat crossed legged and floated. She started to continuously to repeat the words, "Azarath Metrion Zinthos."

A slight smile crossed Raven's face.

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Starfire released Raven from the hug and back away from the hospital bed. Raven's unconscious form started to float above the bed.

A huge smile settled on Starfire's face as tears started to fall again. She said, "Raven, I'll tell our friends that you are healing, now."

Starfire turned to leave.

At the doorway, Starfire announced, "Be assured, Raven. I will not allow these enemies to harm you, again. Rest well, my friend."